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The Path of Ascension

A LitRPG Adventure

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The Path of Ascension

By: C. Mantis
Narrated by: J.S. Arquin
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Orphaned by Monsters. Matt must power up to save others from the same fate.

Matt plans to delve the rifts responsible for the monsters that destroyed his city and murdered his parents. But his dreams are crushed when his Tier 1 Talent is rated as detrimental and no guild or group will take him.

Working at a nearby inn, he meets a mysterious and powerful couple. They give him a chance to join the Path of Ascension, an empire-wide race to ascend the Tiers and become living legends.

With their recommendation and a stolen Skill, Matt begins his journey to the peak of power. Maybe then, he can get vengeance he seeks....

Experience the start of an action-packed fantasy adventure that blends everything you love about LitRPG with Xianxia. With five million views on Royal Road, this hit web serial is new and improved and now available.

About the series: This is a mix between LitRPG and Xianxia. It's like a car that looks like a LitRPG with dungeons and skills, but the interior and engine are all Xianxia. It features a magic system and progression system that are logically and internally consistent, as well as realistic fight scenes and a rational MC.

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Overall this was a good story, but they have unfortunately decided too use pre-recorded announcements whenever a game skill or power is mentioned. This got really darn annoying to the point I almost put the book down.

It’s unfortunate that they chose this as it REALLY detracts from the overall experience, hence three stars.

PS this is the first of an ongoing series.

Interesting adventure but small annoyance

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Not as funny as other books from this author, but still good. I’ve just bought all the books books in the series

Good but slow in some places

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Well worth a listen. Loads of fun and very minimal sillyness. The dialogue is realistic and world well realised.

surprisingly good

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I bought them all the way through to book 7, and I do enjoy them, but there are whole chapters that read like a technical manual on skills or equipment. I can't help but tune out some of the details, and then I find I've missed where the actual story restarts, and I have to skip back.
I've tried reading them, but the tech manual bits mean I skip those parts.
I'd say the books could be shortened by maybe 30% without losing story quality.
I guess some people like that in their books, but it makes it a bit of a slog at times from my point of view.

I enjoy these books, but they're too detail heavy

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loved listening to these books can't wait for the next one. definitely worth the credits keep them coming please

great book couldn't stop listening.

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Definitely worth the read. I will be carrying on with the series. I was not happy with where it ended, it just felt wrong like there was more to be said but ......... you know what I mean ??

Great story, Disappointed with the end.

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I think the hardest part about creating a prog fantasy/litrpg world is balancing it all out to have verisimilitude. this guy does it really well, covers his bases and has great character interactions. very defiance of the fall/irony princey, but better in many ways.

absolute hidden gem

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A really, really enjoyable book. It starts with Matt, an ordinary orphan on a low tier world, however as he learns to overcome his detrimental rating and turn it into positives, he finds friendship and understanding in unlikely companions, and they help him to become a stronger version of himself! Looking forward to listening to more from this storyline and author!

Like a black hole, it sucks you in

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Couldn't stop listening, everyhour of everyday that I could it's the best book I ever read/listened

Amazing

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Solid LitRPG, interesting characters and world, good progression and scope to do losts more in future books. Highly recommend

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